Consultation of the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and the provisions for settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities

On this page you will find all relevant information on the consultation of the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities pursuant to Article 36(1) and the provisions for settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities pursuant to Article 39(1) by the four transmission system operators.

September 22, 2020 - News: Application approved by BNetzA

In the administrative procedure BK6-18-289, the Federal Network Agency approved the transmission system operators' proposals on the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and the provisions for settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities on 4 August 2020.

You can view the administrative procedure on the website of the Federal Network Agency.

December 18, 2018 - News: Application submitted and documents published

The application for provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and provisions for billing in the event of a suspension of market activities has been submitted by the TSOs to the Federal Network Agency. The provisions and the accompanying document were published together with the consultation report. The comments of the market participants were also published with the corresponding justification of the TSOs.

November 08, 2018 - News: Consultation completed

The consultation on provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and provisions for settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities was conducted from 08.10.2018 12:00 noon to 08.11.2018 12:00 noon and has now ended. Participation in the consultation is therefore no longer possible. The TSOs will immediately begin evaluating the comments in order to finalize and submit the application to the Federal Network Agency. The TSOs would like to thank all participants for submitting their comments!

08.10.2018 - News: Consultation started


Background

On December 18, 2017, the "Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 of November 24, 2017 establishing a Network Code on Electricity Emergency and Restoration of the Transmission System" (hereinafter referred to as Network Code Electricity Emergency and Restoration, or NC ER) entered into force.

Against this background, the German transmission system operators (TSOs) are obliged to consult all affected market players on a proposal for the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and the provisions for settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities in accordance with Article 7 NC ER, which must ultimately be approved by the competent regulatory authority in accordance with Article 4 (2) NC ER.

In this respect, the German transmission system operators will consult the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and the provisions for settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities in accordance with the NC ER from 8 October 2018.


Consultation procedure

With the start of the consultation process, the TSOs have published on this website the proposal to be consulted on the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities. Please note that only this proposal is subject to consultation. The explanatory document serves only as an explanatory aid.

The proposal for the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and the provisions for settlement in case of suspension of market activities will be consulted by the TSOs in the period from 08.10.2018 12:00 to 08.11.2018 12:00.

The TSOs only offer an online form for the submission of comments. In this way, the TSOs can ensure that your comments are recorded and taken into account promptly and in full (see below for the link to the form).

Please note that the TSOs reserve the right to publish the comments received on the Internet; in any case, these will also be submitted to the BNetzA. If your comments contain trade and business secrets, please mark these in the appropriate place on the form.

If you have any procedural questions, please send them exclusively to the following e-mail address: konsultation@marktaussetzung.de.

After evaluating and assessing all consultation contributions submitted within the deadline, the TSOs will submit the provisions for the suspension and resumption of market activities and the provisions for settlement in the event of a suspension of market activities to the BNetzA for approval on 18.12.2018.

Application document (in German)

Consultation document (in German)

Supplementary documents (in German)